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Re: [PATCH] simplied right click menu icons

 

Well, WM is technically incorrect, but GTK3 has icons off by default unless
the application forces them on (vs on by default in GTK2)

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 07:34:25PM +0200, jp charras wrote:
> > Le 18/07/2017 à 19:14, "Jörg Hermann" a écrit :
> > > Translation of Clockwise and Counterclockwise are long texts in many
> languages:
> > > Uhrzeigersinn and Gegenuhrzeigersinn in german for example.
> > >
> > > If the icon depicts (dynamically) the sense of rotation, the text can
> be short as "Rotate" - which
> > > is short in many languages.
> > > Just an idea?
> > >
> > > Jörg Hermann
> > >
> >
> > I agree icons should show the rotation.
> >
> > However Rotate Clockwise (or Counter Clockwise ) is still needed (just
> "Rotate" is not acceptable)
> > because icons are not always displayed:
> > - On OSX by default (although they can be shown, this is an option in
> Kicad, now)
> > - On Linux, some WM do not display icons in menus.
>
> What? WM has no control over menus.
>
> >
> > Besides, English language is know for its short words and sentences.
> > Translations are using most of time longer words and sentences, and this
> is sometimes an issue in menus.
> > We (translators) have to live with that.
> >
> > --
> > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
> >
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